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The Food Show Episode 3

 

  

Disney Dream boasts 'over-the-top' Remy, an upscale restaurant

Every day the new Disney Dream cruise liner is at sea, its culinary team prepares more than 16,000 meals for passengers and crew. Many of those are standard buffet fare of pizza, pasta, soups and salads.

But on deck 12 of the $900 million ship is Remy, a restaurant so elite only 96 French-inspired meals are served there each night — and none of those to passengers younger than 18.

As food becomes an increasingly essential element of the cruise experience, Remy joins a growing list of restaurants on the high seas developed by celebrity chefs and offering lavish dining options.

"Building a travel experience around a culinary experience has become a key component of cruise lines," said Arnold "Arie" S. Boris, editor-in-chief of CruiseGourmet.com magazine. Boris has reviewed more than 400 cruises in his 20-year career. It's so important that "over the last 10 years, many lines have aligned themselves with top consultants as well as celebrity chefs to stay competitive."

"If celebrity chefs can have food trucks and pop-up restaurants, they can build a real dining spot on a great ship," said Clark Wolf, a New York-based food, restaurant and hospitality consultant.

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